The breadcrumbs title setting

With the Advanced tab in Yoast SEO, you can determine the appearance of your breadcrumbs on your site and in the search results. Each breadcrumb level can be changed on the corresponding (custom) post-type archive on the Advanced tab of the Yoast SEO meta box or in the sidebar. With these settings, you can also change the title of the breadcrumbs you’ve added with the Yoast SEO breadcrumbs block.

For example, if your post title is How to train your dog like a pro: Simple steps that actually work, the breadcrumb title would be the same as the post title, and it might be too long. Using the breadcrumb title setting, you can change or shorten it to simply Dog training. In this article, we’ll explain how you can use the breadcrumbs title settings.

How to change the breadcrumbs title for posts and pages

1. In your WordPress Dashboard, go to Yoast SEO
   
   
2. Open any of your posts or pages
3. In the editor, open the Yoast SEO sidebar
   
   
4. Under Advanced, go to the Breadcrumbs Title
   If you have enabled breadcrumbs, you can change the breadcrumb title here.
   
   
5. Click Save, Update or Republish to change your breadcrumbs title

How to change the breadcrumbs title setting for custom post type archives

Some custom post types have a custom archive page. Keep in mind that this option will only show for custom post types that have has_archive enabled. You can find more information in the WordPress developer documentation

How to change the breadcrumbs title setting for WooCommerce products

If you use WooCommerce, you will also see a Products custom post type in the Search Appearance settings. Follow the steps below to change the breadcrumbs title of your Product post type.

1. In your WordPress Dashboard, go to Yoast SEO
   
   
2. Go to Settings
   
   
3. Under Content types, go to Products
   On the left-hand side menu, you’ll find the heading Content types, which has the settings for every content type on your site. Click the menu item for the Products custom post type.

5. Under Products archive, click Shop page
   On the Products settings in Yoast SEO, scroll down to Products archive. Here, you’ll see a link with the text Shop page. Click this to go to the Shop page editing screen.
   
   

6. In the Yoast SEO meta box or sidebar, open the Advanced tab
   If you have enabled breadcrumbs, you can change the breadcrumb title here.

7. Click Update
   

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